2. Contact Info

3. Dealer Selection

A BMW M4 convertible prototype has been photographed yet again, and this time it appears to be doing some hard laps around the Nürburgring. This tester sporting a black paint job and blue brake calipers appears to be the same one caught last month when it was seen in rough and cold weather in Scandinavia.

The M4 convertible obviously looks much more at home on the ‘Ring. With just a few patches of camouflage, we can assume engineers are at the final stages of testing the little things, like making sure that hardtop roof doesn’t squeak and rattle when the M4 is pulling close to 1.0 g lateral acceleration through those fast turns.

Like the 2015 BMW M3 on which it’s based, the M4 will be powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six making 425 and 406 lb-ft of torque, which is 11 hp and 111 lb-ft more than its predecessor (the M3 convertible). A six-speed manual with rev-match technology should be offered, as well as a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. The M4 convertible will look much like the M3 and M4 coupe, sporting the requisite M-specific hardware including wider fenders, larger tires, tweaked bumpers, and quad-tipped exhaust pipes.

With the M3 and M4 slated to arrive in a few months, we expect the convertible to follow soon after, hopefully in time to catch the tail end of the summer.

Share this article in:

We’ve Temporarily Removed Comments

As part of our ongoing efforts to make MotorTrend.com better, faster, and easier for you to use, we’ve temporarily removed comments as well as the ability to comment. We’re testing and reviewing options to possibly bring comments back. As always, thanks for reading MotorTrend.com.